Earthquake with magnitude of ML 1.3 on date 18-10-2020 and time 07:31:28 (Italy) in region 10 km W Milo (CT)

A magnitude ML 1.3 earthquake occured in region: 10 km W Milo (CT), on

  • 18-10-2020 05:31:28 (UTC)
  • 18-10-2020 07:31:28 (UTC +02:00) Italian time

and geographic coordinates (lat, lon) 37.7530, 15.0130 at 2 km depth.

The earthquake was located by: Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania).

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The values of hypocentral coordinates and magnitude may be revised at a later time as more information becomes available.

Municipalities within 20 km from the epicenter

Distances are determinated based on the geographic coordintes of the (Istat).
Municipality Region Dist Inh Cum Inh
Milo CT 10 1087 1087
Zafferana Etnea CT 10 9517 10604
Sant'Alfio CT 12 1582 12186
Santa Venerina CT 13 8592 20778
Ragalna CT 15 3924 24702
Randazzo CT 15 10900 35602
Linguaglossa CT 15 5403 41005
Giarre CT 15 27659 68664
Nicolosi CT 15 7463 76127
Maletto CT 16 3920 80047
Pedara CT 16 14102 94149
Piedimonte Etneo CT 16 3963 98112
Mascali CT 16 14282 112394
Trecastagni CT 16 10910 123304
Bronte CT 16 19172 142476
Moio Alcantara ME 17 717 143193
Riposto CT 17 14838 158031
Viagrande CT 17 8563 166594
Castiglione di Sicilia CT 18 3215 169809
Biancavilla CT 18 24007 193816
Fiumefreddo di Sicilia CT 18 9623 203439
Belpasso CT 18 28108 231547
Santa Domenica Vittoria ME 19 980 232527
Adrano CT 19 36122 268649
Santa Maria di Licodia CT 19 7641 276290
Malvagna ME 19 733 277023
Aci Sant'Antonio CT 19 17984 295007
Aci Bonaccorsi CT 19 3524 298531
Francavilla di Sicilia ME 20 3945 302476
San Pietro Clarenza CT 20 7743 310219

Municipalities with at least 50000 inhabitants

An earthquake occurred to
21 Km NW of Acireale (52622 inhabitants)
29 Km N of Catania (314555 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Reggio di Calabria (183035 inhabitants)
68 Km SW of Messina (238439 inhabitants)
81 Km N of Siracusa (122291 inhabitants)
89 Km E of Caltanissetta (63360 inhabitants)
95 Km N of Ragusa (73313 inhabitants)
99 Km NE of Vittoria (63339 inhabitants)
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Locations history
Type Magnitude Date and Time (UTC) Latitude Longitude Depth (km) Published time (UTC) Author Location ID
Reviewed
Rev200
ML 1.3 2020-10-18
05:31:28
37.753 15.013 2 2020-10-18
05:41:48
Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania) 83871081
Preferred location and magnitude until now.
Origin information

Origin

Field Value
Time (UTC) 2020-10-18 05:31:28
Latitude 37.7530
Longitude 15.0130
Depth (km) 2 (from location)
Evaluation mode of Origin manual
Evaluation status of Origin reviewed
Version 200 -> SURVEY-INGV-CT#SeismPicker_SO-OE
Event type earthquake
Origin ID 83871081

Uncertainty

Field Value
Preferred uncertainty description horizontal uncertainty
Semi-major axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Semi-minor axis of confidence ellipse (meter)
Azimuth of major axis of confidence ellipse. Measured clockwise from South-North direction at epicenter (gradi)
Circular confidence region, given by single value of horizontal uncertainty (meter) 600.0
Confidence level of the uncertainty (%) 68

Quality

Field Value
Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter (degree) 124
Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation 1
Number of defining phases 1
RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation (sec) 0.03
Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter (degree)
Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter (degree)
Number of stations at which the event was observed 0
Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation 0
Magnitude information

ML:1.3

Field Value
Value 1.3
Uncertainty 0.1
Num. used stations
Type of magnitude ML
Reference to an origin 83871081
Agency INGV
Autore Sala Operativa INGV_OE (Catania)
Time of creation (UTC) 2020-10-18 05:41:48
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